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Working with a MIDI controller and musical typing

- [Voiceover] If you have a MIDI keyboard…or control surface, you'll want to connect it…to your computer, most commonly by using a USB cable.…These days, most MIDI controllers are class-compliant,…which means that you don't have to install any drivers.…You should be able to plug in your controller…and Logic will automatically recognize it.…I highly recommend using a MIDI controller,…because it allows you to work quickly,…do more playing of notes rather than programming,…and also learn new chord structures.…Let's go back to our software instrument.…Right now, the MIDI controller I have hooked up…is an Axiom Pro 61, and another thing is,…working with a MIDI controller,…when I hold down notes,…(plays chord)…you can hear my default instrument,…which is our classic electric piano.…

That's the default instrument that loads up…when you select a software instrument.…When I hold down the notes, we can also see,…in our transport, that Logic is telling us the chords…that we're playing.…C minor, C major, G.…So, the cool thing about this is, if you're not as familiar…

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4/8/2016

Electronic music is an umbrella term for a wide variety of genres and sounds, from ambient, dub, acid house, trap, drum and bass, dubstep, and more. But whatever style you produce, Logic Pro can handle it. This powerful DAW is uniquely suited to capturing your creativity and expressing your sonic ideas. In this course, author Nate Mars shows you the core techniques professionals use to produce electronic music in Logic Pro.

He starts with building the foundation of the track—the drums. He shows how to program beats in Ultrabeat, utilize your own samples, and create drumbeats for a variety of genres. He then moves into creating basslines for house, trap, dubstep, and other genres, and getting a great deep sub-bass sound. He next moves into creating lead synth sounds, starting with Logic Pro's built-in Alchemy and Retro synths. He also goes into using samples, adding sound effects, and utilizing Apple's factory content. Then he pulls it all together and demonstrates ways to arrange the tracks, use creative effects, mix the tracks together, and use automation to finalize the mix. Chapter 6 covers sending your MIDI note and clock data to external synths from Logic Pro X—a fun way to experiment with analog sounds.